Knitted glove and method of making same.



W. J. GIRLING z E. C. SCHWAB.

KNITTED GLOVE AND METHOD 0F MAKING SAME.

APFucATloN F1150 11111E 25. 1911.

1,260,368., Patented Mar. 26, 1918.

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V Hormey/S vv. I. GIIIIING I E. C. SCHWAB.

KNITTED GLOVE AND METHOD 0F MAKING SAME. APPLICATION FILED IuIIEz. IQII.

l 326%36. Patented Mar. 26, 1918.

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WILLIAM. GIRLING AND EDWARD C. SCHWAB,

0F MILVTAUKEE, W'ISGONSIN, ASSEGN- ons roPH'oENiX' KNITTING wenns, or MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN, A ooaronn'rioN or' WISCONSIN.

Kill'IIi'JTTElD` GLOVE AND IwIETHOD OF IfAKING SAME.

Application filed June 25, 1917.

To @ZZ whom t may concern:

Be it known that we, WILLIAM J. G1R- LING and EDWARD C. SCHWAB, both residing at Milwaukee, in the county of` Milwaukee and State of Wisconsin, haveI invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Knitted Gloves and Methods of Making Same, of which the following is a full, clear, concise, and eXact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification.

Our invention relates to a knitted glove and method of making the same.

Gloves of this class, as heretofore constructed, have had insuliicient material inV lthe fingers of the same and have had points of weakness at the crotch between fingers.

The object of our invention'is to provide a structure which will obviate the above disadvantages; which will have suflicient material in the fingers to give a good shape to the same and to provide a warm, well-fitting structure without the weakness in the crotch between the adjacent iingers. A further object of the invention is to provide a new method of manufacturing such a glove. A further object is to provide a novel manner Vof closing the ends of the lingers Vot the glove. Other more specific objects will be apparent fromv the following specifica tion.

In the accompanying drawings which form a part of the present specification we have illustrated an embodiment of our invenlion.

Figure 1 is an elevational view of the-continuous strip turned out by the knitting mafhine;

Fig. 2 is a similar view of a blankrcut from the strip shown in Fig. 1;

Fi 3 shows the blank after the same has been out along the lines of thev fingers and sewed at the rear edge; i

Fig. 4 shows the manner in which thegussets are sewed to the edges of the finger portions;

Fig. 5 illustrates the manner in which the ends of the lingers are first sewed and trimmed to close the same;

Fig. 6 shows a second step in closing the ends of the ngers; and

Fig. 7 is an end view of the completed finger end.

According to our invention a continuous Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 26, 1918.

Serial No. 176,726.

knitted strip l is produced as by means of an automatic machine. This strip comprises recurring portions, namely, a wrist or gauntlet portion 2, palm portion 3 and finger portiona. rthe strip 1 is cut substantially along the lines aa and bb to produce a blank such as illustrated in Fig. 2.

rThe gauntlet portion 2 is of an elastic texture to permit the hand to be introduced to the same when the glove is placed on the hand. The palm portion 3 andthe nger portion a are made of relatively inelastic structure compared with the wrist portion 2.V It is to be understood, however, that the palm and finger portions are yielding being made of woolen yarn closely knitted. The strip 1 is marked by means of the lines 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10. These lines are formed by dropping a needle in the 'knitting machine. The blank is thus divided into a wide central portion 11 and three strips on each side thereof, as divided off by the above mentioned lines.

rThe strip 1 is cut as along the lines act-NJ to form individual glove blanks. The blank is then cut along the lines 5, 6, 7. 8, 9, and 10 at the finger part of the blank down tothe part where the finger portion l joins the palm portion 3 as is indicated by theline 12. The blank is then folded along a median line and the free edges are joined together by means of the seam 13. This produces a tubular structure for the wrist and palm portions and the finger portions comprise a series of overlapping strips. The lines 5, 6 and 7 register with the lines 8, 9 and 10,` A narrow strip or gusset of equal width throughout its entire` length is then sewed to the free edges of the nger portions in the manner illustrated in Y Fig. 4. This strip 14 which forms the lgusset is of a width substantially equal to the thickness of the fingers of the hand to be fitted. The resulting structure is shown in Fig. 4f.V The wide central strip 11 'forms the front edge of the index finger of the hand. The seam 13 lies along the outer edge ot the little finger of the hand to be fitted. The proper opening 15 is then made in the palm portion for attaching the thumb part notV shown which is formed of one piece and attached in a manner well understood by those skilled in the art. The wrist or gauntlet portion is turned up and the lower edge is attached just below the palm portion 3, as is usual, inthis type of glove.

' The ends of the fingers are closed by two operations which produce a closure shown in Fig. 7.

The end of the finger is firstV crushed fiat on the line of the seams 17 and 19 and a seam is sewed substantially on the lines'21 and 22.` The seam is trimmed at the same time so that the resultant effect is a sharply pointed finger end closed on the lines 21-22.

YThe finger is then crushed fiat in the Yplane of the seam 18-20 and is sewed and trimmed along a curved line 23 as shown in Fig. 6. v

This curved line intersects the lines 21 and 22 giving a resultant closure illustrated in Fig. 7. This closure vdoes not bunch the material all at one point, as has previously been the practice, but produces a good closure and a clean tip. Y

The entire glove is then turned inside out, that is to say, the seams are turned on the inside and the glove is ready for use.

The gusset 14 which is continuous along the one side of one finger through the crotch between the fingers and to the adjacent finger provides the additional material which is necessary to give the glove good fitting quality;

The additional material keeps the fingers l warm and prevents excessive stretching at this part, as was the fault with the gloves constructed according to the prior art.

The strength of the glove at the gusset is very greatly increased.

A uniform size of finger is maintained as fthe finger parts are cut from the blanks along the lines whichare made when-the blank is knitted. The elasticity of the gusset provides ample room for the web between the fingers on the hand. y

We' claim:

V1. A blank for a glove comprising a fiat piece of knitted material having a gauntlet, a palinportion anda linger portion, said blank having distinctive continuous lines running lengthwise of the same throughout its entire length and dividing it lengthwise into a relatively wide central strip and a Y plurality of relatively narrow strips on each l' side thereof.

2. A blank for a glove comprising a fiat' piece of knitted material having an elastic gauntlet portion, a palm portion of' relatively inelastic teXture, and a finger portion of relatively inelastic texture, said blank having six continuous lines ruiming lengthwise of the same and dividing the same into 3. In a glove a front and back formed of i a flat knit piece folded andhaving its free edges joinedsaid front and back comprising integral lingers, palm and gauntlet portions, and gussets comprising continuous straight strips of knit material, said'gussets being of substantiallyV uniform width throughout their entire length, said'gussets being joined by seams directly to said front and back portions along the edges of the linger portions. '-g

4L. The process of making a knitted glove which consists in producing 'a' continuous knittedV strip of glove blanks, said glove blanks comprising finger, palm and gauntlet portions in successive order, severing said strips into blanks, slitting the finger portions of said blanks, [folding the blank so that the finger portions form front and back portions of the fingers, joining the free lateral edges of the folded blanks and applying continuous strips or gussets between frontV and rear finger portionsbetween adjacent fingers.

tions, with lines indicating ,the finger portions, then slitting the finger `portionon Ysaid lines,'then folding the blank-so that the finger portions form front andbaclportions of the fingers of the glove,joining Vthe vfree lateral edges of the folded blank and apply-VV ,4 y;

Y front and rear finger kportionsbetween ad? i ing continuous strips or gussets between the f f V85' 5. The process of making a'knittedwool glove Vwhich consists in knitting a continuous blank having finger, palm and gauntlet por-V ber fiat in'another `plane and sewingacross the previousV linesV of union in a relatively curved line, and trimming said seams.

7 The method of c losinga knit -woolenV fingerend of four pieces:v whichfconsistsin crushing the member flat along two seams, I',

`then sewing and trimming on two lines which form an angle betweenthem, then crushing the member flat on the other two seams and sewing and'trimining across the previous seams in a relativelyqcurved Vline and then turning themember inside out.

In witness whereof, we hereunto subscribe WILLIAM J. GIRLING.

Y nnw.- jo. SCHWAB, Y.

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Washington, D. G,

'115" our naines this 22nd day of J une,A. D; 1917."Y A 

